O link ftp.halifax.RWTH-Aachen.DE é um servidor que hospeda uma ampla variedade de projetos de código aberto, incluindo distribuições Linux como Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, e muitas outras. Ele também oferece serviços como HTTP, FTP e RSYNC, além de rodar um nó completo de Bitcoin e atuar como um relay na rede Tor.
Esse servidor começou como um projeto de estudantes da RWTH Aachen University e cresceu ao longo dos anos, tornando-se um recurso valioso para a comunidade de código aberto. Se você está procurando distribuições Linux ou outros softwares de código aberto, este é um ótimo lugar para explorar!
ftp.halifax.RWTH-Aachen.DE
Source: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/
Mirrored Projects
This server offers HTTP(s), FTP, and RSYNC. It also runs
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Project History
This project started as a hobby of students in the Halifax dormitory of RWTH Aachen University as early as 2006. Using spare and loaned hardware in combination with the generous Gigabit network link provided by the university's computing center, the first incarnation of 'ftp.halifax.RWTH-Aachen.DE' provided about a TByte of data, mostly Linux distributions. In addition to the obligatory HTTP and FTP services, the server offered RSYNC access. Furthermore, which was uncommon for FTP servers, several 'hot' files were seeded using BitTorrent. This way, the server managed to put out up to 1.7 GBit/sec after some new software release.
To combat stability issues, the team tried to get hold of better server hardware. Thanks to the university's computing center (providing housing, storage and network connectivity), Offensive Security for a RAM upgrade, and Fujitsu (providing the server hardware) the server offered more data with higher speeds from 2010 to 2015. At peak times up to 9.81 GBit/sec were served.
At the end of 2015, the RWTH Aachen University IT Center organized replacement hardware. With this hardware we can offer even more data, now at up to 20 GBit/sec.
At the end of 2023, Dell Technologies donated new hardware (as shown below). Thanks to this generous donation and continued support of the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University, we can now serve around 60 TBytes worth of data at up to 20 GBit/sec.